Improvement in feed-bags for horses



A. T. BALLEM?UNB.

FEED 'BAG EUR HORSES.

No. 47,276. Patented Apr. 18, 1865.

PATENT OFFICE.

A. fr. BALLENTINE, oF` NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN lFEED-BAGS FOR HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,270, dated April 18, 1865.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, A. T. BALLENTINE, of-

the city, county, and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Feed-Bag for Horses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thosejskilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Whichl Figure 1 is a side View of my invention applied to a horse; Fig. 2, an enlarged side vieu7 of a portion ot' the trapping by which the bag is secured to or suspended upon the head of the horse; Fig. 3, a det-ached plan or top view ot' a portion of the rope or eprd of the tackle by which the bag is rendered seltadjusting.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' This invention relates to a new and improved feed-bag, to be applied to a horse, so that'thel latter may eat therefrom while in harness and without the aid ot' 'any support or fixture for the bag to rest upon.

The invention is designed as an improvement on the bags now used by draymen, teamsters, &e., for giving their animals when vin harness a feed ot' oats or other short feed or grain Wherever they may chance to stop, and where there are no man gers or other fixed conveniences for feeding.

A represents abag constructed of the usua size for such purposes, and suspended to lthe head ot the animal by a strap, a, passing over the head behind the ears with a fore strap, b, attaehed,passing over the forehead. (See Fig. l.) The bottom of the bag may be constructed ot' a board or have a stift' lining ol' any suitable material to render it rigid, and to each side of this bottom there is attached a cord or rope, B, said cords or rope, extending u1'- `ward and passing through sheaves C C at` each side ot' the strap a at the junction of the fore strap, brwith it. The ropesor cords B B` are connected by slip or sliding knots -c e, as shown in Fig. 3, to admit of said ropes or cords being virtually lengthened or shortened, 'as may be required. i

The operation is as follows: The bag is supplied'with the requisite amount of feed and suspended on the head of the horse,the ropes or cords B B being placed over the check-rein hook of the harness-saddle and taken up or let out by sliding the knots c c so as to give said ropes or cords theproper or required length. When the bag is first applied, the mouth ofthe horse should, when the head is erect orina natural position, be within the feed, as shown` in red dotted lines, Fig. 1, and as the latter .lowers under consumption thehorse will graduall y lower hishead, which movemen t, through the medium ofthe ropes or cords B B, serves to draw up the bottom ,of the bag, and consequent] y keep the feed wi'thin reach of the mouth of the animal until all" the feed is consumed.

bag is obtained, and one requiring no support or rest of any kin-1l.

I am aware that feedbags have before been suspended to a horses head so as to be seltloops c, all as herein described, and for the i I purposes specified.

A. .'l. BALLENTINE Witnesses:

WM. F. MGNAM'ARA, M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

